2. Who We Are
  3. Our Business Structure
  4. Our Brands
  5. Our Opportunities
  6. Our Recruitment Method
  7. Whats Cooking
  8. Our Way
  9. Our Impact
  10. Do More Foundation
  11. Our Wins

Management Trainees

Here’s some food for thought: Would you rather eat a stale cheese sandwich, or a fresh soft taco served with juicy beef steak, hummus, caramelised onion, feta and toasted corn salsa?

We think we know your answer.

At RCL FOODS, we believe variety is the spice of life, and we’ve got the perfect mix of essential ingredients to create your recipe for career success! No stale cheese sandwiches here. We’re all about adding quality, tasty career ingredients to help you craft your recipe for a successful future.

Like the taste of that?
Pea pod

Join our Management Trainee Programme
and craft your career recipe for success

We’re giving graduates in South Africa the opportunity to develop their unique recipe for success in their professional journey

Our Management Trainee Programme offers exceptional development opportunities to self-motivated, talented individuals who are full of flavour, enabling them to achieve a successful future.

Through a fast-paced, accelerated learning environment, Management Trainees will receive essential career ingredients from their trainers. They’ll receive the development training, experience and mentorship needed to take them to leadership levels within RCL FOODS.

Our aggressive fast track development programme is the perfect entree for career success, forming an integral part of building our future RCL FOODS leadership pipeline, by preparing graduates to take on leadership roles within 4 to 5 years.

MushroomsYour Future starts here

DISCOVER OUR OPPORTUNITIES HERE!

Research and Development Research and Development
Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering
Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering
Customer Customer
Marketing Marketing
Internal Audit Internal Audit
Human Resources Human Resources

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 30 August 2022 

Step 1

Step 1: ONLINE APPLICATION
PREPARATION TIME: 30 MINUTES
Complete a questionnaire and upload your CV and academic transcripts.

Step 2

Step 2: GAMIFIED ASSESSMENT AND VIDEO INTERVIEW
PREPARATION TIME: 20 MINUTES EACH
Complete mobile enabled assessments as well as a recorded video interview.

Step 3

Step 3: CASE STUDY AND INTERVIEW
PREPARATION TIME: 1 DAY
Complete a business case study and take part in a panel interview with RCL FOODS.

Step 4

Step 4: SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES SHORTLISTED
PREPARATION TIME: 3-5 DAYS AFTER CASE STUDY
If selected as one of the final candidates, pre-employment checks will be requested by our recruitment team.

Step 5

Step 5: OFFER PREPARED
Once checks are prepared, our recruitment team will prepare an offer.

Step 6

Step 6: YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE
Start crafting your recipe for success!

Our recruitment method
Check out whats cooking Check out whats cooking

0 11253 Country wide applicants

60 526 515 2815 309 614 596 331 5487

Choose a province

Choose a province above to see how many other trainees have applied for the career of your choice.

KwaZulu-Natal

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 283
  2. Industrial Engineering 94
  3. Chemical Engineering 231
  4. Customer 743
  5. Marketing 355
  6. Internal Audit 286
  7. Human Resources 395
  8. Research & Development 428

Gauteng

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 366
  2. Industrial Engineering 277
  3. Chemical Engineering 361
  4. Customer 1390
  5. Marketing 705
  6. Internal Audit 750
  7. Human Resources 844
  8. Research & Development 794

Western Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 37
  2. Industrial Engineering 13
  3. Chemical Engineering 60
  4. Customer 105
  5. Marketing 58
  6. Internal Audit 54
  7. Human Resources 86
  8. Research & Development 113

Northern Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 08
  2. Industrial Engineering 03
  3. Chemical Engineering 03
  4. Customer 11
  5. Marketing 06
  6. Internal Audit 05
  7. Human Resources 11
  8. Research & Development 13

Eastern Cape

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 33
  2. Industrial Engineering 13
  3. Chemical Engineering 14
  4. Customer 155
  5. Marketing 61
  6. Internal Audit 49
  7. Human Resources 120
  8. Research & Development 70

Free State

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 45
  2. Industrial Engineering 13
  3. Chemical Engineering 12
  4. Customer 55
  5. Marketing 47
  6. Internal Audit 32
  7. Human Resources 49
  8. Research & Development 56

Mpumalanga

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 72
  2. Industrial Engineering 22
  3. Chemical Engineering 48
  4. Customer 117
  5. Marketing 78
  6. Internal Audit 79
  7. Human Resources 87
  8. Research & Development 93

North West Province

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 24
  2. Industrial Engineering 11
  3. Chemical Engineering 22
  4. Customer 81
  5. Marketing 35
  6. Internal Audit 32
  7. Human Resources 61
  8. Research & Development 65

Limpopo

Apply for a job in one of these categories :

  1. Electrical Engineering 34
  2. Industrial Engineering 21
  3. Chemical Engineering 43
  4. Customer 147
  5. Marketing 76
  6. Internal Audit 77
  7. Human Resources 95
  8. Research & Development 121
Want some more?

We need management trainees who will be
MORE Brave, MORE Curious and MORE Open while having MORE Fun!

PS more fun, it's contagious

Because any thing less won’t achieve more.

Our recipe for success is best served with a big dollop of action!


It’s only with the perfect mix of essential ingredients and the flavour for MORE that creates the recipe for success in your career.

More Impact

For the greatest impact, you need to face the brutal facts and clear the biggest hurdles.

More Brave

Have the courage to do the right thing. Make bold bold decisions. Learn from your mistakes.

More Open

Be generous with knowledge. Value the views of others, regardless of who they are.

More Speed

Speed and simplicity go hand in hand, so be clear, stay lean, go fast!

More You

Be yourself. Be authentic. Be MORE you

DISCOVER OTHERS ON THE JOURNEY WITH YOU

Our wins
1

Top Employer: We have been certified as a Top Employer by the Top Employer Institute for 2020.

2

RCL FOODS is one of the first companies to receive recognition for participating in the Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S.) Programme

3

LinkedIn: We have been recognized as the Best Talent Acquisition team for South Africa in the above 500 employees’ category at the 2018 & 2019 South African LinkedIn Talent Awards.

4

SAGEA: We have won silver for the best Digital Campaign at the 2019 South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

5

SAGEA: We have won silver for the best Integrated Campaign (up to 20 graduates) at the 2019 South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

6

SAGEA: We have won Gold for Best Integrated Campaign 2021, less than 15 graduates at the South African Graduate Employee Association awards evening.

RECRUITMENT FRAUD WARNING

Criminal syndicates claiming to be RCL FOODS are fraudulently attempting to apply for credit, invite tender applications and ‘recruit’ on our behalf (for a fee). Please be aware that we will never contact a supplier or prospective supplier via SMS or social media to invite them to tender, nor would RCL FOODS- or organisations acting on our behalf –ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process.

Please report any suspicious activity to the SAPS and call our Tip-offs Anonymous hotline on 0800 00 3224